A lot of great and entertaining TV series have been aired for the last few years. And if you are a fan of drama TV series, watch out for our top 25 most popular drama TV series and see how many you have seen already. Please take note that these are currently the most popular drama TV series according to IMDb. Ratings and popularity rankings may change when the site updates.

Rank	Drama TV series	Year
1	Sweet Tooth	2021 – present
2	Mare of Easttown	2021
3	The Family Man	2019 – present
4	Lucifer	2016 – present
5	The Handmaid’s Tale	2017 – present
6	Time	2021 – present
7	Game of Thrones	2011 – 2019
8	The Kominsky Method	2018 – 2021
9	Grey’s Anatomy	2005 – present
10	The Blacklist	2013 – present
11	Dirty John	2018 – present
12	The Walking Dead	2010 – 2022
13	Hacks	2021 – present
14	Breaking Bad	2008 – 2013
15	Ragnarok	2020 – present
16	Peaky Blinders	2013 – present
17	Lisey’s Story	2021
18	Invincible	2021 – present
19	Shadow and Bone	2021 – present
20	Panic	2021 – present
21	Vikings	2013 – 2020
22	Criminal Minds	2005 – 2020
23	Manifest	2018 – 2021
24	Law and Order: Special Victims Unit	1999 – present
25	Lupin	2021 – present

ANALYSIS

The majority of the TV series on our list are ongoing dramas since this is the latest IMDb update as of this writing. 21 out of 25, or 84%, are ongoing drama series this year, while two had ended in 2020 last year – Vikings and Criminal Minds. Game of Thrones, which is on the 7th spot, ended in 2019 after eight successful seasons. Breaking Bad, which was completed last 2013, is the only series that had already finished for eight years but is still ranked as one of today’s most popular drama TV series.

In addition, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit on the 24th spot is the longest-running drama TV series on our list. It started airing in 1999 and is still airing up to the present. That’s 22 years! According to its IMDb page, it is now on season 22 and will have its 500th episode next season. The second longest-running, and still on the most popular list, is the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, which has been airing for 11 years since 2005 up to the present.

The ratings for the drama TV series on this list range from 6.1 to 9.4 – Lisey’s Story got a 6.1 rating but managed to be in the 17th spot, while Breaking Bad got the highest rating of 9.4, followed by Game of Thrones with 9.3. Meanwhile, Invincible is the only comic-based animated TV series on our list. It ranked 18th as most popular, with an 8.8 rating. The Handmaid’s Tale and Manifest are the only sci-fi TV series on the list, while The Walking Dead and Lisey’s Story are the only ones listed as horror.